Baby
Me
Bluebirds In
The Moonlight
Baby
Mine
Boog It
Back To
Back
But It Didn’t
Mean A Thing
Basket
Weaver Man
Be
Happy
Beat
Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
Below
The Equator
Bless
You
Blue
Evening
Blue
Moonlight
Blue
Orchids
Blue
Rain
Blueberry
Hill
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on July 26th 1939 with Kay Starr.
Written
by Archie Gottler, Harry Harris and Lou Handman.
Baby me, come on and pet me, honey,
baby me
You know you get me
when you give me that affectionate talk
Like
"darling, dearie, precious, pretty", I could go for „itty
bitty“...
Baby me,
because I love it when you baby me
The
beauty of it is that I love you and you love me too
So
Baby, won’t you baby me!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on November 3rd 1941 with Ray Eberle.
Words
by Ned Washington, music by Frank Churchill. (From the movie
„Dumbo“)
Baby mine, don’t you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes
Rest
your head close to my heart
Never
to part, baby of mine
Little
one, when you play
Don’t
you mind what they say
Let
those eyes sparkle and shine
Never
a tear, baby of mine
If they knew sweet little you
They‘d end up loving you too
All those same people who scold you,
What they’d give just for the
right to hold you...
From your head to your toe
You‘re not much, goodness knows,
But you‘re so precious to me
Cute as can be
Baby
of mine...!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on June 2nd 1939 with Marion
Hutton.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
Dancing back to back
Takes
you off the beaten track
You
don’t look at your partner at all
When
you dance back to back
That’s
that new attack
That the other
dances lack
You can see what
goes on in the hall
When you
dance back to back...
Your partner won’t see you make
eyes at who dances by
Your
partner won't mind it, he’s doing the same,
That’s
why you must dance back to back,
Let
me place you in the pack
Cut
the cards and I’ll deal you a queen and a jack
Back
to back!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on August 18th, 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Words
by Joe McCarthy, music by Walter Donaldson.
Have you heard the Basket Weaver Man?
He will always sell you all he can
He could weave a ripple out of little
mountain streams
Or a basket
loaded with brandnew dreams...
All the little babies sing his song
All day long
On
his finger there’s a rhythm lingers*
On
his "ra-ta-ta-ta" music**
Of
the Basket Weaver Man
He could weave a rainbow
He
could weave a sunbeam
He could
weave a moonbeam
Or the evening
star
He could take two sweethearts,
Weave them into one heart
Weave them so they won’t part
Very, very far
All the little babies sing his song
All day long
On
his finger there’s a rhythm lingers*
On
his "ra-ta-ta-ta" music**
Of
the Basket Weaver Man
Oh-ya-yah
Oh-ya-yah...
(*: In contemporary English, the word
'that' would be used between the words 'rhythm' and 'lingers', which
makes it comprehensible to our 'modern' ears. Of course they could
have made it easy and just written 'on his finger, there the rhythm
lingers', but they didn't. - Notes by John Cooper)
**:
'ratatata' is a musical term (an Italian phrase) for a rapid
method/approach of fingering a stringed instrument such as a guitar
or a mandolin. - Notes by John Cooper)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on June 13th 1940 with Marion Hutton.
Written
by Henry Nemo, Louis Prima and Edgar Battle.
Laugh and sing, be happy
It’s
the thing, be happy,
Wink your
eye, then fix your tie
Be as I,
be happy!
Fall in line, be happy,
Waste
no time, be happy
Time won’t
wait, why hesitate
Call it
fate, be happy!
When the guy called trouble
Throws you for a loss
Heads
or tails, win or lose
Show him
that you’re still the boss...
Start today, be happy
Why
delay, he happy
Don‘t you
to try to alibi
Be as I, be
happy!
Why delay, he happy
Start
today, be happy
Don’t you
try to alibi
Be happy!
Beat
Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on September 12th 1940 with Jack Lathrop.
Written
by Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Elinor Sheehy.
In a little honky-tonky village in
Texas
There’s a guy who
plays the best piano by far
He
can play piano any way that you like it
But
the way he likes it best is eight to the bar
When
he plays it’s a ball,
He
is the daddy of them all...
The people gather round when he gets on
the stand
Then when he plays he
gets a hand
The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a
trance
Nobody there bothers to
dance
And when he jams with the
bass and guitar
They holler
all, „Beat me daddy, eight to bar!“
A plink, plunkin‘ on the
keys,
A riff, well,
a-riffin‘ out with ease
And when he jams with the bass and
guitar
They holler all, „Come
on and beat me daddy, eight to bar!“
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on February 20th 1941 with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires.
Written by Charlie Tobias and Cliff
Friend.
The moon was high below the equator
And you and I were so in love
The sea was blue below the equator
Our dreams were new and so was love
We strolled where the Andes kiss the
sky
Through palms filled with
silken moss
´Twas there
that we cried and kissed goodbye
By
the light of the Southern Cross
My heart will stay below the equator
Until the day we meet again...!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on October 9th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written
by Eddie Lane and Don Baker.
Bless you for being an angel
Just when it seemed that heaven was
not for me
Bless you for
building a new dream
Just when
my old dream crumbled so helplessly
In that vine-covered chapel on the hill
Your face was a hymn that lingered
still
So bless you, my darling, my angel
Heaven is mine and life is divine with
you!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on May 25th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written
by Gordon Jenkins and Joe Bishop.
Blue evening after a lonely day
Blue evening spent in the same old way
My future looks as dark as the skies
above me
There must be someone
here in this world who loves me...
A sweet love song would be so grand to
know
But my love songs are all
from the radio
Another dawn is
waiting for me, another day and then
Another
blue evening again...
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on August 18th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written
by Dana Suesse.
Blue moonlight enfolds the night
And you are my arms‘ delight
Sweet are the secrets to tell
Here in the spell of...
Blue moonlight that fills the skies
There‘s some of it in your eyes
Or is it what I’m dreaming of,
Whisper and say it’s love...
The world could stand still, I’d
never know,
I’m lost in
the thrill of loving you so,
Here
in the glow of...
Blue Moonlight that seems to shine
Right into this heart of mine
Tell me this heaven is true
Tell me you love me too!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on June 27th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written
by Hoagy Carmichael.
I dreamed of two blue orchids
Two beautiful blue orchids
One
night while in my lonely room
I
dreamed of two blue orchids
So
rare and full of light
That I
wanted to possess each tender bloom
Then my dream took wings
And
through a thousand springs
Blue
orchids seemed in a world apart
But when I met you
Something
pale and blue
Came stealing
from the meadows of my heart
I saw my two blue orchids
My
beautiful blue orchids
Last
night, and what a sweet surprise,
When
you looked at me
It was plain
to see
Blue orchids only bloom
in your eyes!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on October 3rd 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Words
by Johnny Mercer, music by James Van Heusen.
Blue rain falling down on my window
pane
But when you return
there’ll be a rainbow
After
the blue, blue rain...
And there’s a blue star looking
down asking where you are
But
when you return there’ll be a sunbeam
Hiding
the blue, blue star...
Skies will be much brighter than they
were before
When you and love
come strolling through the door
Then there‘ll be no more blue
rain,
Just the sound of my
heart’s refrain,
Singing
like a million little bluebirds
After
the blue, blue rain!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on June 13th 1940 with Ray Eberle.
Written
by Al Lewis, Larry Stock and Vincent Rose.
I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill,
On Blueberry Hill when I found you
The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill
And lingered until my dreams came true
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But
all of those vows we made
Were
never to be...
Though we're apart, you're part of me
still
For you were my thrill on
Blueberry Hill!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on October 9th 1939 with Marion Hutton.
Written
by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. (From the animated cartoon
„Gulliver’s Travels“)
There are bluebirds in the moonlight
Silly idea: bluebirds in the
moonlight,
But that’s how
I feel when I‘m with you
There are nightowls in the daylight
Silly idea: nightowls in the daylight
Or maybe my heart is saying,
„whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo..“
Who
is the one for me?
You, that‘s
what you’ve done to me...
There are bluebirds in the moonlight
Silly idea: bluebirds in the
moonlight,
But that’s how
I feel when I‘m with you!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on March 30th 1940 with Marion Hutton.
Written
by Buck Ram, Jack Palmer and Cab Calloway.
Boog it, nothin‘ to it, Jack
In the mellow track
Boog
it, got it comin‘ back
Bim-bam,
skim-skam, jim-jam
Romp!
Boog it, ev’rybody out, boog it
Who you’re hunchin’ now?*
Ev’rybody ´bow!
Bim-bam, skim-skam, jim-jam
Romp!
You do like shining a window
But you ain’t got no window
So you just picture a window
And boog it slow and easy
Boog it, nothin‘ to it, Jack
In the mellow track
Boog
it, got it comin‘ back
Bim-bam,
skim-skam, jim-jam
Romp!
(*: Chick Webb recorded "Who Ya Hunchin'?" in 1938 - I think it refers to a jitterbug dance step. - notes by Dave Weiner)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller
Orchestra on April 18th 1939 with Marion Hutton.
Words
by Mack David, music by Jerry Livingston.
And so you kissed me
But
it didn‘t mean a thing
Never
was a sigh so tender
But it
didn’t mean a thing
When you caressed me
How
I wanted you to cling!
You
pretended to surrender
But it
didn’t mean a thing...
I gave you my heart
And
you thrilled me with delight
But
you never gave me your heart
You
just loaned it for the night
If vows were made of gold
I’d
now wear a wedding ring
You
swore that you loved me
But it
didn‘t mean a thing...